Raphael

I never had such an experience and I already did 30 - 40 minutes sessions in the past. I think I probably did it wrong, so I will try the free session.

30 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:37 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 01:49 PM - 3:03 PM: I searched for projects online and sent a few proposals. A potential client answered to one of them (yeeaaah!). Work Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 08:52 AM - 10:07 AM: I created a new mongodb schema and did a lot of research on delete cascade functionality. I was surprised that I had to do it manually rather than adding an option in the schema. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 10:24 AM - 12:41 AM: I created a new webservice, made the call from the front end, and fixed a lot of issues. I encounter a problem concerning the app loading process that I need to sort out. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 03:17 PM - 04:47: PM: I fixed the loading error and I added a message if it happens. I did the translation into French too. I'm very satisfied with this session. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 8:00 PM - 9:05 PM: I wrote a website analysis. I didn't expected to work that late, so sometimes potential client comes from anywhere. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes Today was a great day. I woke up late, but damn I worked really well. It's incredible how fast we can get things done with deep focus. I still feel that I'm not at my best and that there is a lot of progress that I can make, but overall this day was a very satisfying and happy day. Total Work Duration: 7 hours 21 minutes, including 6 hours 7 minutes of Deep Work (at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 30 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

I used it in the past, but I recently switch to Ecosia because they plant all trees all around the world with their revenues.

29 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 07:20 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:29 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: No work for today I woke up very late today. I had a lot of difficulties to sleep at night and it impacted the rest of my day. Fortunately, today wasn't a working day. I hope that I will be able to wake at 6:00 AM or before tomorrow. Total Work Duration: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 40 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

I'm also interested in doing breathwork. I already tried it in the past, but never got the point of crying (it's very rare when I cry), I only got tingling sensations and some dizziness. Can you describe the method a little more? Is it only deep inspirations into the belly followed by expirations until the end of the session? Is it similar to what Leo showed in its video? Do you have a video example? Thank you ElenaO

28 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:40 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 08:37 AM - 09:01 AM: I calculated my working hours for a client and send him the invoice. I also merged a pull request for another client's project. Work Duration: 24 minutes 01:51 PM - 2:07 PM: I raised an invoice on the freelancing platform and answered to a client question. Work Duration: 16 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 09:06 AM - 10:11 AM: I did many some fixes on my personal project and also merged two pull requests. I was quite focused. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10:47 AM - 12:36 AM: I work on cookies management and authorization. I was quite focused, I only got a few out of context thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 02:10 PM - 2:52 PM: I created a new API and did a few other fixes. Deep Work Duration: 42 minutes 02:59 PM - 4:16 PM: I worked on authorization on the front end. I now call an API each time that the user changes route to verify the token validity. I was focused and only had a few negative thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 04:41 PM - 4:42 PM: I created a modal to indicate the user that its session is expired. It looks good. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 1 minute I woke up late today, but despite that, the day went really well. I worked a lot, was quite concentrated, and very productive even if I had some parasite thoughts. I'm very satisfied with this day. Total Work Duration: 6 hours 27 minutes, including 5 hours 51 minutes of Deep Work (at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 33 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

@trenton Maybe this forum can help you. I'm also on the millionaire path for the same reasons btw.

27 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:45 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:25 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Deep Work Sessions: 9:43 AM - 10:32 AM: I added web service calls to the client's website, I got some CORS errors. He will have to fix that before I can continue. Deep Work Duration: 49 minutes 10:58 AM - 12:31 AM: I worked on a password recovery component. I got interrupted by a client in the beginning. I still have a lot of negative thoughts while working. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 02:07 PM - 04:03 PM: I did another session of coding where I worked with Redux. I distracted myself a little in between on the actualized.org/forum. I also had a lot of negative thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 04:41 PM - 05:51 PM: I continued the previous work with Redux. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 06:01 PM - 06:41 PM: I lack data to continue the work correctly. I will look at this tomorrow with the client. Deep Work Duration: 39 minutes Total Work Duration: 5 hours 57 minutes, including 4 hours 37 minutes of Deep Work (at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

26 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:35 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 3:55 PM - 4:18 PM: I had another Skype communication with the same client, he wanted to work on some stuff and make it ready for tomorrow morning. I told him that I wanted to have empty time on Sunday evening and that I will probably not work on it before tomorrow. Work Duration: 23 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 7:49 AM - 10:43 PM: I didn't expect to work today, but a client came back to me. We were working and sharing ideas through Skype and I solved his issue. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 56 minutes 11:30 AM - 12:09 AM: I fixed an issue on a client application. Deep Work Duration: 39 minutes 02:40 PM - 3:42 PM: I reported notes from a book to my commonplace book. I had a lot of negative and angry thoughts against my dad so I wasn't highly focused. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes Total Work Duration: 5 hours 0 minutes, including 4 hours 37 minutes of Deep Work (0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes)

Hey, I'm a software developer and I know how to create complex web apps. But your project needs to be serious too, otherwise, I may not be able to help.

lol

25 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 07:04 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:55 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 11:57 AM - 12:43 AM: I had a communication with a client. I was distracted. Work Duration: 46 minutes. 12:43 AM - 01:10 PM: I updated links to make them dynamics on a Wordpress website. I was distracted. Work Duration: 37 minutes. 02:06 PM - 02:46 PM: I continued to update the links on the Wordpress website. I was distracted. Work Duration: 40 minutes. Deep Work Sessions: 09:40 AM - 10:09 AM: I created the beginning of a data format and made a web service call. Deep Work Duration: 29 minutes. 11:24 AM - 11:51 AM: I added alt text to images in order to improve SEO. Deep Work Duration: 29 minutes. 03:07 PM - 04:25 PM: I completed the login page of my personal project and merge a pull request. I was distracted because I was speaking to my sister at the same time. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes. 05:15 PM - 6:22 PM: I completed the forgotten password page and merge another pull request. I had a lot of negative thoughts during the session as my dad has been abusive towards my mom yesterday and I couldn't stop thinking about what happened. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes This day has been pretty difficult too. I woke up late and have been sad all-day after seeing my dad verbally abusing my mother yesterday. When I encounter this kind of negative events they tend to stay stuck in my head and make me unable to work. I also didn't do my affirmations today and yesterday, it didn't help me and I know that they are useful. Total Work Duration: 5 hours 26 minutes, including 2 hours 23 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

24 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:28 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:36 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM: I installed created a Dropbox account and installed it on my computer. I also did a quick website review. Work Duration: 30 minutes. 10:12 AM - 10:44 AM: I had a conversation with a client. Work Duration: 32 minutes. 10:58 AM - 12:25 AM: I had a chat communication with another client. I tend to be very distracted while I communicate by text message because I don't know when the client will respond. This work session was very shallow. Work Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes. 02:05 PM - 02:56 PM: I installed a chat plugin on the website. Work Duration: 51 minutes. Deep Work Sessions: 04:23 PM - 05:30 PM: I completed another component for my personal project. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes. Today's has been a difficult day. I didn't work well because I didn't sleep enough and didn't sleep well. I'm unable to work correctly when I have less than 8 hours of sleep. I have been tired and very distracted in most of my work sessions. Fortunately, I still did some work even if it wasn't quality work. Total Work Duration: 4 hours 28 minutes, including 1 hour 7 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

23 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:42 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 10:07 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 10:07 AM - 11:49 AM: I installed Postman, MongoDB, and Compass. I also configured the database. I distracted myself on the actualized.org/forum for a few minutes during the installation. Work Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes. 01:04 PM - 01:22 PM: I had a communication with a client. He needs to fix some issues on his website. Work Duration: 18 minutes 03:20 PM - 04:44 PM: I needed to install the website on localhost to test it out. I got a lot of issues with MySQL and Apache, I lost a lot of time. Work Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes. 05:00 PM - 06:46 PM: Sometimes things go like shit. I was unable to restore the website from the backups and it took a lot of time. Work Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes. 07:57 PM - 09:48 PM: I corrected links on the website and also did other fixes. I was very distracted as the work was more repetitive than intellectually challenging. Work Duration: 2 hours 1 minute Deep Work Sessions: 08:45 AM - 09:43 AM: I almost finished the registration form, I still need to manage errors and CORS. I realized that some tools are missing on my computer, I have to install them. Deep Work Duration: 58 minutes. 12:00 AM - 12:55 AM: I added error and success messages to the registration form. Work Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes. 02:24 PM - 03:05 PM: I fixed issues on a Wordpress website, but there are too many troubles. I'm going to use a backup. Deep Work Duration: 41 minutes. Total Work Duration: 9 hours 34 minutes, including 3 hours 21 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

@Raptorsin7 I had similar thoughts after your previous post. I also realized that when we really love our life, we naturally do and accomplish everything that's necessary to live well without brute-forcing anything. I remember Sadhguru saying something similar: I'm currently doing affirmations every day in order to create results, I think I will reframe them to make them more based on love.

22 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:40 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:18 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Deep Work Sessions: 09:40 AM - 10:30 AM: I reported notes from a book to my commonplace book. Deep Work Duration: 50 minutes. 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM: I improved meta titles and descriptions to improve a website SEO. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes. Total Work Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes, including 2 hours 30 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 32 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)

Nobody Thinks Independently Nobody really thinks independently, our thinking is mostly determined by the environment in which we grow up and our life circumstances. Conservatives are conservatives because they needed to adapt their environment in order to survive. Democrats are democrats because they needed to adapt their environment in order to survive. We think we think independently, but it's not really the case, our independent thinking is dependent on a good living environment.

Deep Work Is Meaningful Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World, 2016

Understanding Attention Residue When we switch from Task A to Task B, our attention doesn't immediately follow A residue of our attention remains stuck thinking about the original task. This residue gets especially thick if our work on Task A was unbounded and of low intensity People experiencing attention residue after switching tasks are likely to demonstrate poor performance on that next task. The more intense the residue, the worse the performance The solution to avoid attention residue is to take a small break between two tasks, 5 - 15 minutes should be enough.

Imagination And Big Picture Thinking To Accomplish Projects I found out that this is critical to think about the final result before starting to take action. Example: If we are building a Note-Taking App, we need to imagine and draw the app on paper before starting the development. Then, we need to list all the features. And then think about the different steps necessary to achieve the project. Thinking that way creates a path to achieve results. Without a set of steps, it's difficult to know where to start and where to go. Where with a clear path we know what direction to take. Of course, this idea needs to be balanced. Nothing will always be clear on the path and many times starting new experiments are necessary to succeed.

Leaning Through Intuition: An Idea Warning: This is a recent idea that I had. I didn't think deeply about it, the following content probably lacks some depth. We can use intuition in order to learn and discover things more effectively. This is done by implying new possibilities, for example: When an essay, if a person is used to follow a particular structure, it's possible to use intuition by asking ourselves: What if we change this or that, or use these words to make the content better? In programming, if a code is slow to execute, instead of searching for a solution on the web, it's possible to use intuition by asking ourselves: What will change if I remove this or that? What would be the difference if I do it completely differently? When building a new house, we can ask ourselves: What would happen if we use very varied materials and assemble them in unusual ways? Maybe we will create something great and original. Using intuition in learning is about envisaging new possibilities rather than repeating existing patterns.

Why We Are Addicts Most people have at least one major addiction in their lives that they use to deal with nasty emotions like fear/anxiety/anger. I noticed that my dad and grandma needs to eat when they are stressed or angry. I personally use unconscious youtube videos or porn to deal with these moments, but I'm trying to avoid them now. These addictions are here to prevent people from exploding. If they were not using these addictions they would experience a crisis because they would have to let all their emotions get out. Letting emotions get out is a nasty process, but this is the spiritual process.

Anger Is A Self-Defense Mechanism Anger is a self-defense mechanism in order to hide fear and traumas. People who are very reactive, gets easily angry, and criticize others a lot are that way because they went through a lot of traumatic events and are incapable to properly recover. The more angry they are, the more incompetent they are and the more difficult it is for them to recover. Trump, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-Hun, criminals, rapists, terrorists are all traumatized kids. Their brain got so shell shock at a point in their life that it's now impossible for them to recover and work properly. The only thing that they can do after that is to share they traumas with the world.

21 April 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:58 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:10 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Work Sessions: 08:51 AM - 09:50 PM: I had a communication with a client and analyzed some issues on a website. I distracted myself on actualized.org/forum and youtube.com. This was a very shallow session. Work Duration: 43 minutes. 10:28 AM - 12:50 PM: I trained myself on SEO, I read an article and added meta titles and meta description to webpages. It wasn't really deep work as I was not dealing with a complex issue. Work Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes. 05:35 AM - 06:17 PM: I searched for clients and send two new proposals. Work Duration: 52 minutes. Deep Work Sessions: 02:20 PM - 04:02 PM: I worked on a validation function, but got some issues that I still didn't fixed. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes. 04:28 PM - 05:31 PM: I made the validation function work and created a commit. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes. I thought I would end up my day early (around 4 PM - 5 PM), but it didn't happened because I got troubles getting started in the morning. I distracted myself a little too much between work sessions. Total Work Duration: 6 hours 22 minutes, including 3 hours 25 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 37 minutes (objective 30 minutes - 1 hour)